Nice video about an urban legend that has always tickled my mind and (perhaps somewhat weirdly) instilled just a little bit of national pride. Just one correction: the C5 setwas not bought second hand, it was actually a prototype bought new from Hägglund & Söner in order to trial a new construction method. The trainset also had a minor role in the infamous 90s movie "Sökarna" (The Seekers) where it can be seen in shots from Metro-Stations. The C5 was supposedly chosen because the directors of the film wanted to portray a fictitious city in an alternative Sweden and not specifically Stockholm.
Funny, I was just thinking “Well it’s October now, when’s train of thought going to upload” a few seconds later I looked at my notifications and there it was. Spooky…
“Stockholm, Sweden, home to many things, including the worlds narrowest street […]” **proceeds to show a picture of the narrowest street in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany**
Im proud, you pronounced Kymlinge correctly! Im from the great lands of ikea and im happy that you made this video, something swedish! (If i havent missed an episode)
Eh, we who live just around the corner does not pronounce Kymlinge as Chymlinge, but with a hard K as in the word kick. För de som pratar svenska så härrör namnet Kymlinge (med hårt k) enligt bl.a. boken ”Stockholms gatunamn” från Kummelby (vilket i sin tur var ett namn som hade med [grav]kummel att göra. Dvs. K framför vokal innebär inte alltid ett tje-ljud i ortsnamn etc. Thors film also contain several other mistakes. The C5-Type was not second hand, but a test train. Built by Hägglund in Örnsköldsvik 1963-1965. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverpilen Furthermore, the picture of the interior is from an entirely different train. Probably not even a Swedish one. Also, the picture of the narrow street (alleyway) seam to be of something in Germany.
Ah the story of 'Silverpilen' honestly I have not heard much about it, i'm guessing it's not that big of a subject to talk about amongst us swedish train fans. And also ursäkt godtagen for those feluttal.
Some factual errors: a) they were brand new, as they were designed to test different features for future subway cars b) that's a Soviet subway car interior, the silver arrow had bay seats c) the Saltsjöbanan train is a much later metro model converted to railroad width (thus the 'skirts'), it has never been green, always light blue with white stripes Some more facts: It had the same total and inside width as the previous modes, but the doors were hung outside instead of sliding into pockets in the wall. To do his, the walls were thinner. This might be the reason to why they made a somewhat eerie whining sound, which might have contributed to the ghost story, and you could hear from afar which train was coming. The interior details were also somewhat different to both older and newer trains. I can remember that the covers above the door weren't rounded, the panels above the windows were vertical instead of tilted and the end opposite to the cab was flat without windows and the window holes on the outside were covered with grates. The cars were built lighter than other trains and had a very good suspension, which however led to the car body jumping up and down on uneven track.
I did not expect the first video of October to be about my home city! ^-^ Also another fun fact, the stockholm metro contains a ton of stations with custom sculptures and art. Making it the worlds longest art gallery.* (*Depending on what you define as an art gallery.) Also thanks for acknowledging Globen Arena as still holding the record. As a lot of people seem to think the giant spherical shell in las vegas counts as a building. :V
A great start to October. I've heard of many ghost/spooky stories surrounding the railways, admittedly most sound like pure hocum but are interesting none the less. I'd love to hear you talk about the strategic steam reserve at some point. (Unless you have already done so and I have missed a video) Brilliant channel.
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thankfully i wasnt born at that time and yes i live in stockholm/sweden still today so its quite fascinating about a old train i never knew about in the first place
I find it interesting that these cars have the same type of couplers that were common on New York City Subway cars, although they were also used on some interurban cars in California.
I think there are 3 types of ghosts: memories that aren't contained by a person, dead people who decided they weren't done yet, and artificial ghosts: ghosts created not through death or remembrance, but through stories like these. Sometimes, ghosts are hard to tell apart, and come with different influences on the world.
So that's where they got the idea, take some old clapped-out Leyland buses, put some rail bogies on them and call them Pacers. Decades later they were still rattling along.
I see "ghost trains" all the time because the metro trains in near where I'm staying (the SkyTrain in BC, Canada) the trains are fully automated. And when they're not in service and are heading back to the yard, not surprisingly there's no passengers on board. But the automatic voice saying "The next train is not in service, please stand clear from the platform" ruins any superstition.
Wish for naught, but for the literary heights of bored 13yo trying to scare their siblings or worse, gullible classmates, to fear the insatiable blood chilling thirst of the horror known as _the subway_ ! Aka Satan's alternative bus! _Because a beurocrat didn't bother paying for paint_
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So a classic case of resources being put where they never bore fruit. Kinda makes sense honestly, along with the spread of the stories. Putting those carriages to public use un-finished and paintless was a poor idea all-around.
